Chapter 661: Red King's Throne
Chapter 661: Red King's Throne
"Body? The Red King has no body." Su said suddenly.
“How is it possible?!” Tirzad didn’t believe it. “This is where the Scarlet King went into seclusion and eventually died. His body can only be here!”
"Really not." Paimon added: "And even if the Red King died here, it doesn't mean that the Red King's body is here."
Tirzad didn't believe it, "You must have taken those adventurers' fabricated novels as historical materials."
Sora: "This is not something I learned from a novel. We have a solid source of information."
Tirzad was indignant, "Who? Who lied and deceived you all!"
Traveler Squad: "Apep!"
The Grass Dragon told them in person that she had gone to collect the price as agreed and swallowed the Red King whole. It didn't make sense that Apep would be so considerate as to leave a bite just so that the Red King's people would have a corpse to look at.
"Apep? Who is this? Wait! I seem to have seen him somewhere..." Tirzad frowned and thought hard for a long time, then his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's the most mysterious of the Seven Saints! He's still alive?!"
There are seven saints under the Red King's throne: Khrishav, King of Sheep and Prime Minister, Sobek, King of Crocodiles and Commander of Commanders, and Tuth, King of Ibis and Secretary of Secretaries. These three are the three treacherous ministers recorded in history books.
In addition, there are the Most Wise Hermanubis, the Most Bright Benu, and the Most Saint Shesfenhe. Stone carvings of these six figures were also seen during this archaeological exploration.
Only the Dragon King, the Supreme Spirit Apep, who is clearly the one with the highest status among the Seven Saints, has very few historical records and his statue cannot be seen anywhere.
"It's normal that there are few historical records and no statues," Su nodded. "Apep might feel insulted by being listed as one of the Seven Saints of the Red King."
Apep, that guy who is so arrogant that he can't even say thank you properly, would not have chosen to make a deal with the Red King if he really couldn't beat the Red King.
Paimon: "We said that the Red King had no body because the body was eaten by this "Awu" in one gulp."
Tirzad held on to his shaky dignity as a scholar of the Cause Theory School and said, "I don't believe it! Even if you are the pet of the Greatest Sage, you can't make up history without any reason!"
"Who is the pet?" Paimon was furious. "And we have witnesses to testify to this, so we are not making it up out of thin air!"
Tirzad: "Who is the witness?! Who knows if she will lie too!"
The Traveler Team all put their hands on their hips, "Little Lucky Grass King!"
Tirzad: “…”
This witness was so important and credible that Tirzad was completely speechless.
Tirzad was silent for a moment and then changed the subject, "The Dragon King betrayed and ate his corpse. It seems that the Red King is indeed a cruel king!"
Gabriel, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up, "The treasure in the Red King's Mausoleum is His wisdom." It was just as she had guessed.
While exploring other rooms in the Red King's Mausoleum, everyone discovered that this place was more of a huge study than a mausoleum.
Ancient paper scrolls are scattered everywhere, but unfortunately due to the age of weathering and erosion, they will crumble into sand even with the slightest touch, making it impossible to open them to obtain the Red King's knowledge.
The group explored for a long time but did not find the Red King's treasure, nor did they find the way to the upper level.
Tirzad grabbed his hair tightly. "I knew it wouldn't be that simple! The Red King's test... a new path..."
Su was too lazy to listen to his nagging and took the red sand slate from Kong. "Don't you have enough authority to open a new secret passage? There are still many runes that haven't been unlocked."
Paimon: "That should be it! But how do we light up the rest? And find a few more special cores like Ben Ben to activate them?"
Sora: "But we don't know if there are any other beings like Ben Ben, and we don't know where they are."
Su still wanted to try voice activation. "I'm going to find out when to go. I can guess it by guessing."
The gem on the chest of the stone statue in the Red King's fake coffin suddenly lit up, and the red sand slab was lit up again.
Everyone gathered around, "What's going on?!"
"It actually works?!" Paimon's eyes widened in surprise, "But how do you light it up? What's the password?"
Kong thought about what Su had just said and guessed, "Could it be... Amon?"
The Grass Dragon and Nashida both call the Red King Amon, which is probably the Red King's real demon name.
Su knocked on the stone slab and then on the stone statue in the Red King's coffin. "Light up the rest."
The statue showed no reaction.
Sora guessed that the flower god's demon name might be able to light up a rune, "Nab Marikata?"
The stone statue of the Red King suddenly burst into brilliant light. When Su removed the arm that was covering his eyes, he found that all seven runes on the stone slab were lit up.
Traveler Squad: ...
Chi Wang, do you want to love me so much?
Thanks to the love-brained Red King, the power of the Red Sand Slab was fully unlocked. The door to the secret passage that everyone had been looking for opened, revealing the passage for the audience.
Tirzad was excited and sad, "He just easily unlocked the door to a place that countless people have tried to reach for thousands of years but could not!"
As expected of him, he is the greatest sage and knight of flowers chosen by Lord Grass God. He is a congenital archaeological saint!
"It's not random," Gabriel, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "They know secrets that ordinary people don't know, and they have powers far beyond ordinary people."
"Only beings with wisdom and power beyond the ordinary can pass the three tests set by the Red King and gain the qualification to pay homage to the Red King Akhmar's throne."
"It's just that they are too powerful, making all these difficulties and tests seem too easy."
Tirzad wiped away the tears of envy and jealousy from the corners of his eyes and said, "You are right."
As a scholar of the indoor school, he was completely led away by the strong. It was a great fortune for him to arrive inside the Red King's Mausoleum with his arms and legs intact. He should be content.
The archaeological team followed the secret passage up to the high hall. At the end of the hall was a huge throne.
Paimon rubbed his hands together, "Everything related to the Red King is so big! Even the throne is so big hehehe, I want to sit on it too!"
Su: "It's big, but it doesn't look comfortable at all. It will hurt your butt if you sit on it. It's better to stand."
The Red King's throne is so big that there is enough space for the entire team of travelers to stand on it.
Su held onto a friend and said, "Come on, let's go up and take some commemorative pictures~"
Gabriel stretched out his arm to stop them, but before he could explain anything, a group of fully armed Fatui appeared behind them.
"Thank you for leading the way," a man dressed in the Gilded Brigade costume appeared from a group of fools, "Long time no see, my dear Gabriel."
Gabriel's face darkened. "Samel."
Su looked at the guy who had colluded with the Fatui, followed them all the way, and was now preparing to steal their archaeological findings. "Your friend?"
"We were," Sameer replied, "and if you, Gabriel, are willing to return to Thutmose, we can still be."